buddy system
Paired safety practice
A buddy system pairs people together for mutual safety or accountability.
The term comes from swimming instruction, where children are assigned partners to watch each other in the water.
It extends to any arrangement where two people look out for one another: We use the buddy system when hiking in bear country.
The phrase implies that going alone would be risky or inadvisable.
Two matching things
- partnerOne who shares activity
- duoTwo working together
- pairingJoining two together
- teammateFellow squad member
tandem · twosome · matched · assigned · accompany · stick together · check-in · mutual
Guidance from experienced person
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- helpAssistance given
- assistanceSupport or aid given
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
encouragement · reassurance · reliability · dependability · availability · check-in · onboarding · orientation
Paid swimming supervisor
- swimmingLocomotion through water
- poolCollective fund or basin
- divingEntering water deliberately
- scubaPortable underwater breathing gear
hiking · wilderness · rescue · emergency · precaution · protection · patrol · watchful
Registering one's presence
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- reportingConveying documented information
commitment · follow-up · progress · consistency · motivation · goals · discipline · sobriety
pair
Two matching things
teammate · tandem · twosome · matched · assigned · accompany · stick together · check-in · mutual · reciprocal
mentorship
Guidance from experienced person
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- helpAssistance given
- assistanceSupport or aid given
backup · encouragement · reassurance · reliability · dependability · availability · check-in · onboarding · orientation · newcomer
lifeguard
Paid swimming supervisor
scuba · hiking · wilderness · rescue · emergency · precaution · protection · patrol · watchful · guardian
check-in
Registering one's presence
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
reporting · commitment · follow-up · progress · consistency · motivation · goals · discipline · sobriety · recovery
- water safetylifeguards, CPR, rescue tube, life jacket, drowning prevention
- freedivingfreediver, apnea, breath hold, monofin, no limits
- elementary schoolclassroom, student, first grade teacher, reading skills, teacher
- swimmingswimming, swimmer, swimmers, swim team, swim teams
- supportsupport, emotional support, moral support, support group, stand by
- child safetychild safety, childproofing, car seats, seat belts, booster seats
buddy systemgoing solo
Acting without partners
solo · alone · single · going it alone · flying solo
buddy systemindependent
Free from external control
self-reliance · autonomy · rugged individualism · self-sufficiency · free agent
system, buddy, systems, systematic, buddies, ecosystem, unsystematic, systematize, buddying